Under the Obama Administration, the rules of engagement in the Afghan War are extreme political correctness, and this has brought well-earned criticism of the military's prosecution of the Afghan War from a very decorated source, Major General Robert Scales. Imagine if you're a Marine in Afghanistan, charged with fighting terrorists, yet you can't shoot at Taliban terrorists unless you see them actually holding weapons in their hands! If the Taliban terrorists only temporarily put their arms down, Marines are forbidden from shooting at them! Imagine that you also can't treat the captured terrorists "roughly"as in using "harsh" language against them that may hurt their little, wittle, terrorist feelingsand that you must release your terrorist foe after 96 hours if you don't hand them over to the Afghan police. Think this is a bad dream, a cruel joke or simply a liberal's wildest fantasy come true? Think again, for this is actual war policy going on in Afghanistan right now under Obama.

You would think our soldiers are engaged in a paint ball contest rather than a war. This is outrageous. Add to that is the even more sickening mantra from pukey Libtards offering that we are 'good' and we are determined to show the world how much better we are because of our humanity. (Our enemy has their own laugh track for this one.)

OMG; God Bless and Save our Troops. And I challenge anyone's patriotism who has a 'Support our Troops' sticker on his car; and is a Lib who supports Obama; and/or has an Obama sticker pasted front/back or center. . .

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posted on 02/20/2010 2:57:38 AM PST
by cricket
(Proud to be the 'Party of NO')

The great zero is doing exactly what he wants which is to protect his fellow goat fornicators at our troops’ expense. Our troops are the enemy as far as all liberals are concerned and even more so to Barak Hussein Obama, muslim commander in chief.

Hoax? or Real? From my research and that of many others, this appears to be real.

Have been checking this out myself and came up with few 'conclusions'. Possibilities minus some 'moves' here. Don't know what to think; save it sounds plausible; reasonable, really; but then given the empty Obama paper trail; along with what can only appear as a mysterious assent to power; why wouldn't it make sense.

Any info you can share that sheds more light on Manning's assertions? Rev. Manning often very funny; when hitting his target; but have yet to determine how this particular info sifts out. (Love his 'long-legged Mac-Daddy'tags for Obama/lol/ which he often uses; and of course he has some good ones for Michelle.) But to Manning's challenge; asked 'Just Piper' in another post; 'do we just wait for the trial'?/lol/sigh. . .

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posted on 02/20/2010 6:05:30 AM PST
by cricket
(Proud to be the 'Party of NO')

As long as Obama is president there will be no victory in Afghanistan , Iraq provides the vistory template and Obama has no intention of following it.Obama is a treasonous , unqualified pretender pursuant to Article II of the Constitution,, disloyal to the nation, a perpetrator of criminal fraud.

And this is one of many reasons that even if I could join the military right now, I would not. I love my country and I’ll glady fight for her, but I will not be turned into cannon fodder so some political wuss can tell the world what a great humanitarian he is.

Perhaps it’s time for soldiers to go Galt?

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posted on 02/20/2010 6:17:20 AM PST
by RWB Patriot
("Need has never produced anything. It has only been an excuse to steal from those with ablity.")

Apparently these rules of engagement in Afghanistan come from the commander in the field, General Stanley McChrystal:

“THE RULES: Under new guidelines, NATO troops are not allowed to fire at the enemy without making a “positive identification” and seeing evidence “of hostile intent.” In practice, that means they can’t shoot if they don’t see the enemy physically carrying a gun or they personally see him drop one.

Some troops say it handicaps their ability to fight because an insurgent firing from inside a house could then lay down his weapon and walk out unarmed without being shot at.

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